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Leitrim Community Extensions

Community notes for places beyond the current town cards. Rossinver, Tullaghan, Lough Melvin, Gortletteragh, Glenfarne, Glangevlin and Dowra carry gardens, lakes, dancing, clubs, marts, halls, rivers and border life that do not fit neatly into one town card.

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Rossinver / Tullaghan / Lough Melvin Gortletteragh Glenfarne / Glangevlin Dowra
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Rossinver / Tullaghan / Lough Melvin

  • **Return-week update, 19 July:** The Organic Centre's two-day dry-stone wall course ran on 18 and 19 July.
  • Tullaghan Community Centre's next RINKA summer-camp week is listed for 27-31 July.
  • Rossinver, Tullaghan and Lough Melvin have notices from community rooms, lake edges and family groups.
  • Rossinver Youth and Community Project says its community centre was built for Rossinver and the surrounding areas for generations to come.
  • Its visible activity includes a pop-up-shop highlight, a one-day personalised-wallet class with only five places left, and a support-service strand around drug and alcohol outreach, family support and community employment after rehabilitation.
  • New Ballagh Centre gives Rossinver a second practical room.
  • The centre sits at Tullyskearney and describes itself as a community and training centre.
  • Its current class is gemstone jewellery on 28 June 2026 from 11am to 1pm, with materials included.
  • That sits naturally beside the Organic Centre's year-round Rossinver calendar: Rewild Your Energy on 11 July, dry-stone wall building on 18 and 19 July, later dry-stone walling on 8 and 9 August, wildflower, polytunnel, fermentation, mushroom, willow, pruning and wool workshops, plus the Grass Roof Cafe, gardens and volunteering.
  • Tullaghan adds the coast and the small-family notes.
  • Tullaghan Preschool & Afterschool says the playgroup promotes children's learning and development in a friendly setting.
  • Recent posts thanked people for a toddle walk that raised EUR526 and marked preschool graduation after a full school year.
  • Tullaghan Bay Rowing Club carries the coastal sports line, including an "Of Land and Sea" / Amble reel.
  • The RINKA listings still give Tullaghan Community Centre a summer-camp use, with camp weeks from 29 June to 3 July and 27 July to 31 July for young children.
  • The lake and heritage pieces hold the places together.
  • Rossinver Heritage & Culture describes Rossinver through Lough Melvin, Gilaroo, music, heritage and culture.
  • Gillaroo Communities adds a Leitrim/Fermanagh community-development line, Rossinver Irish Water Safety keeps the water-safety side visible, and Kinlough/Rossinver/Tullaghan Community Games gives the shared children's sport route.
  • These notices include Rossinver centre rooms, Ballagh training, Organic Centre gardens, Lough Melvin, Gilaroo, Tullaghan coast, rowing, preschool, toddle walks, summer camps, Community Games, water safety and cross-border community life.
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Gortletteragh

  • Gortletteragh has the club, school and playgroup campus carrying much of the public local calendar.
  • Leitrim GAA lists Gortletteragh and Rinn Gaels as associated teams, with 2026 fixtures including St Patrick's Dromahair v Gortletteragh on 13 June, Melvin Gaels v Gortletteragh on 14 June, St Mary's Kiltoghert v Gortletteragh on 28 June and Gortletteragh v Aughavas on 5 July.
  • Gortletteragh Central NS describes a rural school between Mohill and Drumlish, established in 1971, with 72 pupils, three teachers, SET support, one SNA, a part-time secretary and caretaker, and two buses bringing most pupils.
  • The school motto is Sár iarracht i ngach rud i gcónaí, and the school says the old school on the same campus is now used as a Community Play school.
  • Public playgroup notices also point to church-gate fundraising after 11.30 Mass in Gortletteragh.
  • The 2026 GAA club draw, Farnaght mid-summer evening walk, camogie, preschool and after-school care, Lough Rynn Castle fundraising, cemeteries committee work, parish memory, volunteers, farm life and the Mohill/Drumlish road add the parish routine.
  • The Gortletteragh fixture listing keeps the next dated public item clear: St Mary's Kiltoghert host Gortletteragh at 1pm on Sunday 28 June, and Gortletteragh host Aughavas at 1pm on Sunday 5 July.
  • Earlier June fixtures against St Patrick's Dromahair, Melvin Gaels and Aughawillan show the parish moving between south and north-Leitrim grounds.
  • Gortletteragh also has a woodland and fundraising line that sits beside the pitch.
  • The 2026 annual club draw is described publicly as the club's main fundraiser, with EUR8,000 in prizes and tickets through players, club officers and online routes.
  • Farnaght Wood gives the parish a woodland/outdoor note: National Biodiversity Week listed a guided woodland wander on Sunday 24 May 2026, meeting at Gortletteragh GAA Club before carpooling to the reserve, with Native Woodland Trust guide Jeremy Casey leading a family-friendly walk through native trees, wildlife and folklore.
  • School, old playschool building, GAA, draw tickets, church-gate fundraising, Farnaght Wood, cemeteries committee work and the Mohill/Drumlish road make the parish more than a fixture list.
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Glenfarne / Glangevlin

  • **Return-week update, 19 July:** The Rainbow Ballroom listed social dancing with Robert Brown for 19 July and is preparing its gala programme from 31 July to 3 August.
  • Glenfarne and Glangevlin have the Rainbow Ballroom calendar at the centre of the public local calendar.
  • The hall's own site calls it Leitrim's historic dance hall in the heart of the Glenfarne community and lists Social Dancing on 19 July 2026, Glenfarne Gala Festival from 31 July to 3 August, and Jack Keogh with Sean Loughrey from 31 July.
  • Its events calendar also shows the practical rhythm of the place: third-Sunday dancing through the year, including 16 August, 20 September, 18 October, 15 November and 20 December.
  • The hall is not only nostalgia.
  • The June calendar included Glenfarne Feel Good Club's annual Tea Dance on 15 June, 3pm to 5pm, with raffle prizes, music by Eugene Cunningham, access to the Showband Exhibit and EUR8 entry.
  • St Michael's NS, Glenfarne/Kiltyclogher GAA, Clancy's of Glenfarne, local wood and rural trades, Glangevlin parish and genealogy pages, Leitrim Fair memories, Blacklion/Cavan links, hills and family notices sit around the hall, dancing, tea dance, gala and ordinary gathering life.
  • The Lissinagroagh / Saddlehill / Dough Mountain windfarm discussion remains a separate document-led civic story.
  • The Rainbow calendar keeps the hall alive after gala weekend too.
  • Social dancing is listed for 19 July from 9pm to 11pm with Robert Brown, the Glenfarne Gala runs from 31 July to 3 August, Jack Keogh with Sean Loughrey is listed for Friday 31 July with doors at 8.30pm and EUR20 at the door, and the third-Sunday dance pattern continues on 16 August, 20 September, 18 October, 15 November and 20 December.
  • Glenfarne's public life has an active dance-hall calendar, a gala weekend, a tea dance, a showband exhibit and a rural community hub.
  • The official Rainbow site keeps the listing tied to a usable local venue.
  • The hall is at Brockagh Lower, Glenfarne, F91 RK54, calls itself Leitrim's historic dance hall in the heart of the Glenfarne community, offers tours and venue hire, and says social dancing is open to everyone with refreshments served.
  • The July-August diary keeps the place active from 19 July social dancing into Glenfarne Gala and the Jack Keogh night on 31 July.
  • The site also lists public uses for the hall: it carries visit information, bookings, the showband exhibition, social links and the venue phone and email.
  • That is relevant for Glenfarne because the Rainbow is doing several jobs at once: a dance floor, a memory room, a gala base, a Sunday social stop, a place for tea dances and a bookable community venue.
  • Glangevlin and Blacklion links, St Michael's NS, Glenfarne/Kiltyclogher GAA, Clancy's, local trades, hill farms and family notices give the wider border-and-valley life around the hall.
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Dowra

  • Dowra's public notes run through the Leitrim Way and mart days.
  • The official Leitrim Way trail listing places Dowra as the point where the route connects with the Cavan Way, with a 15km moderate section taking roughly 3 hours 45 minutes and a stamp location in the village.
  • Beara Breifne Way material places Dowra at the split where the Leitrim Way goes north west to Manorhamilton and the Cavan Way runs north east toward Blacklion, after the trail follows the east side of Lough Allen.
  • Dowra Mart's public notices give the farming rhythm: sheep sales on Fridays, cattle sales on Saturdays, MartEye registration for online sales, and the mart office number for new customers.
  • Aggie's Fairy Trail sits under Dowra Bridge on Aggie's Island, while the Shannon bridge, Cavan border, green-village work, buses, contractors, rooms, family-history posts and the north-Leitrim road back toward Drumkeerin are part of the village week.
  • The mart detail gives Dowra its weekly schedule.
  • Farmers Forum places Dowra Mart at The Fair Green, Dowra, with sheep every Friday and sheep and cattle every Saturday; the mart notice also points people to the office for online-sale registration.
  • The Leitrim Way listing gives the walking side in the same village: Dowra is a 15km, roughly 3 hour 45 minute, moderate section and the place where the Leitrim Way connects with the Cavan Way.
  • This puts farmers, walkers, border activity, Shannon water, buses, contractors, rooms, Aggie's Fairy Trail and the road back toward Drumkeerin into one small but busy north-Leitrim/Cavan-border note.
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